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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and her senior aides were aware last
summer of computer security weaknesses similar to ones that led to a
court-ordered shutdown that has crippled the department's daily
business and suspended critical royalty payments to Indian landowners....

Republican lawmakers in the state of Washington aren't satisfied with
explanations federal and state biologists gave regarding a nationwide
lynx study and are seeking an opinion on whether criminal charges are
warranted....

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its environmental
impact study giving a favorable approval to a controversial plan to store
up to 40,000 tons of nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute
Reservation in Utah....

A Sioux woman whose complaints about her landlords has been part of
an ongoing dispute between city officials in Norwich, Connecticut, and an
alleged tribe was arrested on animal cruelty charged on Wednesday, The
New London Day reports....

The Seminole Tribe of Florida gave $10,000 to the legal defense fund of
Sen Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) who was under investigation for personal
and political finances, according to the Associated Press....

The chairwoman of the Alaska Redistricting Board took the stand in a
case disputing the political districts in the state and denied any pressure
from Alaska Native corporations played a part in her decision to approve
a particular map....

At a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor on
Wednesday, White House Office of Management and Budget Director
Mitch Daniels chided the Department of Interior for a budget request it
made to beef up its homeland security....

The Department of Interior is trying to buy the mineral rights of a Florida
family whose plan to drill for oil in the Big Cypress National Preserve has
been approved, Secretary Gale Norton said on Wednesday....